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The belief that indigenous knowledge systems are simple and static is changing fast. Many societies with simple technologies have very complex and sophisticated knowledge about their natural resources. Change is not random, but comes about by the efforts of people to define their problems and seek solutions through local experiments and innovation, as well as by evaluating technologies developed elsewhere.
Using indigenous knowledge in agricultural development reviews three types of project scenarios: projects where local knowledge provided an improved approach to managing natural resources than proposed project technologies; projects that inadvertently ignored indigenous structures, and those projects whose success at meeting their objectives can be linked to the deliberate incorporation of indigenous knowledge components.
Using indigenous knowledge in agricultural development
World Bank Discussion Paper 127
by D Michael Warren 199146pp
ISBN 0 08213 1884 5
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